In 1961, José Sarria runs for a seat on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors and becomes the first openly gay candidate to run for…
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Early on the morning of June 18, 1983, the space shuttle Challenger roars off of Kennedy Launch Complex 39 beginning a six-day mission to deploy…
Comments closedDefying state and federal law, then San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, in office just over one month, orders the city clerk to begin issuing marriage…
Comments closedGrowing up in Long Beach, Billie Jean King saves $8.29 in a Mason jar to buy her first tennis racquet, using nail polish to hold…
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